The tempo of wage progress for assisted dwelling nursing positions has decelerated in 2025, whereas the senior dwelling trade is seeing optimistic momentum in retaining employees as turnover charges continued on a downward trajectory final 12 months.
That’s in accordance with the 2025 Assisted Residing Wage & Advantages Report by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS), printed yearly by HCS at the side of LeadingAge and assist from the Nationwide Heart for Assisted Residing (NCAL). The report relies on knowledge supplied by 1,057 assisted dwelling, private care and residential care amenities representing almost 80,000 workers nationwide as 87.42% of responses got here from assisted dwelling suppliers.
Whereas all nursing positions noticed wage charges improve final 12 months, the tempo of progress has declined in comparison with 2024. Treatment aides noticed a 3.15% hourly pay improve that was smaller than the three.97% improve reported in 2024.
The identical slowdown emerged for registered nurses (RN) that noticed a 2.96% improve in 2025 in comparison with 3.70% pay bump in 2024. Wage charges for licensed nursing assistants (CNA) rose 2.77% in 2025 in comparison with 3.03% in 2024 and resident assistants (RA) noticed a rise of two.98% after a 3.95% spike in 2024, in accordance with the report.
Labor availability remains to be a constraint on senior dwelling operations as turnover for assisted dwelling positions was 34.53% in 2025, with the very best turnover reported in RA and private care assist (PCA) at 43.25% and 40.59% for CNAs. In response to a query on turnover within the final 12 months, 22.22% of respondents stated turnover had elevated whereas 41.67% reported that turnover stayed the identical and 36.11% stated turnover had improved.
CEO and president stage positions noticed a rise of three.75% in 2025 wage, the very best improve reported in 2025 adopted by administrators of eating providers with a 3.61% wage improve. Amongst hourly staff, enterprise workplace managers noticed a 3.78% improve adopted by government assistants at 3.65% and cooks at 3.63%, the report reveals.
